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For Sale / SOLD - Custom Kayak Trailer
« on: May 16, 2022, 03:16:20 PM »
I am selling a custom kayak trailer built to haul four kayaks. It has a storage area for all your gear and more. I have hauled my 4 kayaks with the trailer fully loaded to the mid-west and back a few times without issue. The trailer rides smooth and the registration is current.

The overall length the trailer is about 16 1/2 feet to accommodate my 15 1/2 foot kayaks. The length can be shortened as needed. You just need to cut down the tongue. The overall width is about 5 1/2 feet with the storage box being about 4x6 feet and a 2 feet deep. The overall height of the trailer is 5 1/2 feet.

I am asking$1000. I can provide more photos as needed.

Best Regards,
Ray

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For Sale / SOLD - Assortment of Plastics and Misc. - SOLD
« on: May 03, 2015, 04:00:16 PM »
A bit of an assortment of plastics, sabiki rigs, rock fish rigs, and misc. Unfortunately I cannot use these in the Midwest on the various rivers, lakes, and ponds so I need to get rid of it. I have a pack of 6-1/2" #6 Halloween Big Hammer swimbaits and the same size pack but Deep Purple to name a few. Some of the packs are open.

Open to reasonable offers for all or piece meal. There is at least $60 in tackle here.

Thanks,
Ray

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For Sale / SOLD - Jig Heads and Molds - SOLD
« on: May 03, 2015, 03:48:37 PM »
I have one Do-it bullet nose (BDB-3-X) and one shad head (SH9-3-LA) jig head mold for sale as shown along with an assortment of jig heads.

Approximately

1. 32 4-oz bullet nose jig heads
2. 26 3-oz bullet nose jig heads
3. 30 2-1/2-oz bullet nose jig heads
4. 10 2-1/2-oz shad head jigs
5. 14 2-oz shad head jigs
6. 17 1-1/2-oz shad head jigs

Asking $80 for all. Will consider other offers as well.

Thanks,
Ray

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For Sale / Crab Traps for Sale
« on: May 03, 2015, 03:04:42 PM »
Moving to the Midwest and no longer have a need for my crab traps. I have four Promar TR-102W traps with harnesses and buoys as shown. The traps were only used a few times and stored inside but do have some rust but are otherwise in good shape. Asking $40 each or $150 for all four.

I am in Pittsburg for only another month and will be posting some tackle I need to offload as well. PM me if you are interested.

Thanks,
Ray

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For Sale / WTB Ocean Kayak Ultra 4.7
« on: May 23, 2011, 02:35:13 PM »
I want to purchase an Ocean Kayak Ultra 4.7 to round out my fleet for the family and was wondering if anyone had any opinions on this boat. I currently own three other Ocean Kayaks (2- Prowler 13s and a Prowler 15) and I really like them. The Ultra 4.7 looks like a sweet boat with all the bells and whistles.

Does anyone know the best place to purchase this boat and if there are any deals out there?

Your input is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance,
Ray

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For Sale / Prowler 13 at Sport Chalet
« on: December 17, 2010, 10:13:57 PM »
Picked up a brand new yellow Ocean Kayak Prowler 13 (Angler Edition) with seat today for $454.97 at Sport Chalet. I had looked online and noticed the price and was going to order it then, but the shipping was $99.

I was out shopping with the wife today and we stopped at Sport Chalet and they had one there for the same price minus the shipping fees...score!! I couldn't pass this up as we have been looking for a couple more kayaks. They said they would get another one in the store to replace the one I purchased. I am not sure how long the sale lasts but the original sticker price was $899.99. I am saving my pennies now for an Ocean Kayak Ultra 4.7 to complete the fleet.

Ray

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My brother Gabe (UglyDuck) and I went to Half Moon Bay today to try our luck rockfishing. We were optimistic with the weather being perfect and minimal swell. We were on the water by about 7:30 and scratched up a few sardines just in case we decided to drift for halibut. Once out of the harbor I noticed the water just didn't look right. It was quite dark. As we got to the reef we noticed a red tint and knew right away that it was a red tide. This was the first time I experienced this and figured the fishing would be horrible today, not that we have had much luck in Half Moon Bay. We headed over towards Mavericks and the water cleared up a bit. I had something on for a few seconds before it came unbuttoned. That was the only action we would get for the rest of the morning. We were off the water by 11:30 discouraged and decided to take a ride down to the Bean to see what it looked like. This was my first time down there. We could see the red tide extended all the way down there. I noticed a few guys on the water and raised them on the radio (you know who you are, no names here to protect the innocent). They indicated that they had a few, but that fishing in the red tide sucked. I hope they post a report to let us know what the final results were. Sorry for no pics but I forgot the camera at home. Gabe took a few and may post them. It is going to be scenery only as the fish wouldn't cooperate today. Still had a fun time on the water and it is always great to spend time fishing with my brother. I hope to hook up with some people on this forum that can show me how to catch fish and where to go to catch them. The wife really enjoys eating fish and I am being a big disappointment lately  :smt044.  Glad I still bring home a paycheck, otherwise she just may move on to greener pastures   :smt044 :smt044 :smt044

Take care all,
Ray

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Hey Gabe, I got something big on!! It is pulling hard and wait, wait, it’s a…..

I really must start from the beginning of the day if I want to tell the story correctly. My brother Gabe (UglyDuck) and I arrived in the Half Moon Bay harbor around 7:30 and purchased some tackle. Our plans were to make bait in the harbor, which was going to be a first for the both of us, and then head outside the harbor for a shot at halibut and rockfish. The lady in the tackle shop was very helpful and showed us the sabiki everyone was using to bring in buckets full of sardines. We couldn’t pass this up and Gabe purchased one for him and one for me (brotherly love).

We launched at the beach by the green pier to foggy conditions and made our way inside the harbor to try to make bait. Gabe found the sardines after a bit and we would catch several of them on every drop. Gabe got a good scare from one of the locals, local seals that is. It swam directly at him after the sardine, but Gabe does not like to always share, so no sardine for you Mr. Seal. We would witness a few groups of seals about four wide herding the sardines around the harbor. We made plenty of bait and headed out of the jaws of the harbor.

This was only our second trip out of Half Moon Bay, so we really didn’t have any clue where to go. I guess you can say we are trying to pay our dues and learn as we go. I didn’t have a compass as I left it at home, so I didn’t want to wander to far away from the sound of the fog horn at the mouth of the harbor. We couldn’t see the beach, so I didn’t want to venture that way for halibut. We instead floated around looking for the buoys. You get quite a workout dragging the bait bucket around behind your kayak. It is like jogging with weights around your ankles. We heard the clanging of the knockers on the buoy and headed in that direction. It took a while before it came into view. We fished around the buoy with our freshly caught volunteers to no avail.

I told Gabe we really need to locate the reef if we wanted a chance at catching anything today other than sardines. We head back towards the sound of the fog horn and finally heard the crashing of the waves over the reef, so we knew we were close. Over the reef we went and down went my shrimp fly with white split tail scampi with red head on a 4 ounce jig setup. I picked up a black rockfish pretty quick. I setup for another drift across the reef and felt some tugging at the other end. This is where the story picks up…

Hey Gabe, I got something big on!! It is pulling hard and wait, wait, it’s a…..HALIBUT. I thought maybe a ling, definitely not a halibut on the shrimp fly jig setup. It was hooked good too and performed several head shakes. I brought it to the boat while I contemplated on how I was going to land it, gaff or net. I went for the new net I just bought and lifted my pole and went to scoop it up…NO JOY…it darted in the opposite direction and snapped by 30# braid. I was devastated!! This was my first halibut ever and I blew it. The drag was too tight and I was in too much of a hurry to get it in the boat. I about cried. I put my head down for a bit and just ran the whole episode through my head several times and kept reliving my huge mistake. I guess these are the lessons one learns and I know I will not make that same mistake twice. I was just sooooo excited when I saw that it was a halibut. It looked to be a good size one at that. I picked up a 21” ling cod on another drift that went back in the drink. A little bit bigger and the wife would have had her favorite fish for the second time this summer. Gabe picked up a bad case of being sea sick. He was chumming and I was drifting. Gabe you are a good sport and hung in there for longer than I could have. We headed back into the harbor to fish for more sardines to bring with us to our family reunion for bait for the masses.

All in all it was a great day!! Another adventure and some more lessons learned.

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Hookups and Fishing Reports (Viewable by Public) / Baum Lake
« on: August 04, 2009, 12:16:05 PM »
The wife, kids, and my folks all went up to Burney this past weekend to fish Baum Lake. We camped at Cassel so that we could walk to the canal and fish while the ladies stayed in the campsite if they wanted. We arrived on Friday, setup camp, and loaded the kayaks and headed down the dirt road to Baum Lake. This would be the first time my wife and kids would fish from a kayak. My folks had there aluminum boat so we were set.

There was quite a bit of grass in the lake and the water was moving swiftly towards the dam, but there was tons of trout to be seen. We paddled our kayaks over the grass, which acted as an anchor, and threw lures, salmon eggs, and night crawlers in the swift water. I ended up helping my wife and daughter out quite a bit. It was a blast watching them catch fish. I was so busy netting fish and tying on new hooks, I had little time to get my line wet. I wouldn’t have had it any other way. The wife and kids had huge grins on their faces and the kayaks were a hit. My wife even mentioned buying a couple more sit on top kayaks for the kids to make it easier and more comfortable for them to fish. Of course that was music to my ears.

Our dog even came along and perched in the back of my kayak on my Plano box. He did great. He is really spoiled and even has his own camping chair. It was a hand me down from when the kids were smaller.

We had a scary Saturday evening when the lightning and thunder rolled over our campsite. I swore we were going to be hit as it cracked all around us. We ran to hide in the truck for a while until it passed. The wife and kids were really scared and kept telling them it would be OK. I was praying I wasn’t lying because I got a bit nervous myself a few times and I have been through this before while backpacking in the back country.

In conclusion, we will be back to fish and camp this area again and the MADNESS has struck three more poor souls.

Take Care,
Ray

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I am not sure what I am doing wrong, but I tried posting a new report here and it sent it to the archive fishing reports after it deleted everything several times. Is anyone else having problems posting reports lately? Anyhow, there is a new report, not archived report, from me regarding my trip down south last week. Can someone move it to the new fishing reports section?

Thanks,
Ray

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Well I just got back from my trip to Southern California to visit the in laws and to show them how to fish.  :smt044  Actually, I am convinced there are no fish in them there waters…or I don’t know how to catch them…probably the latter is true. We hit Silverwood Lake on Monday the 6th by 6:30 AM.  It was four of my brother in laws and me. The plan was to get to the lake early and rent kayaks there for three of the guys that did not have one. I used my Prowler 15 and let one of the guys use my Prowler 13. The kayaks they had at the lake looked hysterical and unfortunately, the place did not open until 10:00 AM. Plan B…the three guys without a kayak rented a boat. We paddled about a mile to the dam. The water is deep. On average it is about 75 FT deep and up to 160 FT deep at the dam. The water was also warm at around 72 to 75 degrees and full of algae. The fish were holding deep around 60-100 FT. I threw everything at them, cut anchovies, swimbaits, hair raisers, and even crank bait in the shallower areas. Not a bite between us all day. The surrounding boats were not doing anything either. My brother in law James kept me amused with his frequent commotion in the kayak he borrowed from me. He about fell out several times and kept saying, “You can’t reach out that far, I should know better by now!”. We did practice self rescue the day before in my wife’s parent’s pool. I even got an opportunity to practice standing in the yak, not bad. The wind really comes up in the afternoon making for a tough paddle back to the marina. It was a great day none the less full of plenty of laughs.

The following day we headed down to Dana Point to try our luck in the southern seas. I called Karen from Hook1 to ask about the local Intel. She gave me plenty of pointers. We got a late start to keep the wives and kids happy as they were tagging along to enjoy the surf and sand while we tried our luck out in big blue. We were minus one guy today and the other two guys were able to rent real kayaks in the harbor. We paddled to the bait receiver, paid our $10 and received about 15 large lively sardines. I though this was great, just paddle up to the dock and the guy loads up your bait bucket, can’t get any simpler than this. The guys were a bit nervous as this was their first time fishing in the ocean especially from a kayak. The immediately fell into the groove and were having a blast. I got one small Calico bass, barely bigger than the sardine. I did not take a picture as its mouth was torn and I wanted to get it back in the water. Honors went to my brother in law Rowdy as he hooked into about a 32” sand shark. James about came out of the kayak again.  :smt005  I was next to him and grabbed the kayak as it was tipping and saved him a dunk in the ocean. He was the one scared of sharks too, so I think he would have walked on water to get back in.

It was a great two days fishing with the guys and I was happy I got to share my passion of the sport with them. They really enjoyed the kayaks and want to go back. I think the highlight was fishing in the ocean, so much better than fishing in a lake, in my opinion and theirs as well.

Take Care,
Ray

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General Fishing Tips / Silverwood Lake Tips - Anyone?
« on: June 24, 2009, 06:27:06 AM »
I am heading to my inlaws in Southern California in a few weeks and will be fishing Silverwood Lake with my brother inlaw and would like to show him up. We have been talking smack to each other for a while now about our fishing skills and are wagering a friendly bet to see who can catch the biggest striper from this lake. He will be on his boat and me in my kayak of course. Has anyone fished this lake and do you have any good advice for me? I have been searching for fishing reports for this lake and haven't found much. Looking for an edge to hopefully gain bragging rights.

Thanks in advance,
Ray

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I woke up at 4:00 AM and started to get ready. My brother was supposed to meet me at my place by 5:00 AM so we could head out and make our trek to Half Moon Bay. This would be our first adventure in big blue for a much anticipated 2009 rockfish season. Of course Gabe was a 1/2 hour late. I knew I should have told him 4:30 AM  :smt044

Well we got to the harbor around 7:00 and looked around a bit and got some squid to tip the jigs if needed. We saw Mooch driving around in the man van checking things out. Unfortunately he didn't see us waving at him and probably headed to work. We drove out the harbor towards the green pier to launch from there. Mr. Magoo was there to give us some tips and point the way. Big thanks to you sir for helping us rookies out.

Gabe and I paddled right out of the harbor and hugged the jetty. I saw waves breaking over the reef and was wondering how we would ever make our way out past the point towards mavericks. We saw an opening and paddled hard. We fished the point in about 30' of water and Gabe hooks up with a 13" Gopher right away. We were siked and it was a great start. I tried my luck with a rootbear twin tail scampi and had to fish on briefly. They came unbuttoned and I told myself I ate that banana in the car, that shouldn't count. We paddled out to about 80' of water and met fishinmike. I was marking a bunch of fish, so we dropped our jigs without any love. Gabe and I then paddled back towards the point to fish in shallower water. We decide to both tie on white twin tail scampis and I hook up almost immediately. I was a little timid to pull up and reel in because I thought I was snagged on kelp again, nope, not snagged LING...BABY!!! This thing felt heavy and peeled line a few times. I fumbled with the net a few times but it was hooked good so I brought it home. I could have done a jig right there on the kayak if I wasn't afraid of falling in. First trip out and first fish for me was a 28 1/2" Ling. Could this be real, someone pinch me. I key up the radio to let all that would listen that I had just brought in a ling. Mr. Magoo comes back with a good job and I thank him once again. We paddled around some more without any luck and the swells were getting bigger. We decided to head in around 11:30 as I had to get home to take my boy to his 5:30 PM baseball game. I got a little queasy out there which did not make me happy. I didn't think this would happen to me. It won't keep me from coming back.

A bunch of lessons learned today, so I couldn't ask for a better start to my madness and ongoing addiction.

Ray

Sorry for the late addition of the videos but my intent was to edit them. I did not get a chance to edit them as I have been too busy, but thought I would post the raw footage anyway. Thanks to my brother Gabe for capturing this moment for me.




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For Sale / 10% off for NCKA members at Hook1
« on: June 09, 2009, 12:55:00 PM »
I just wanted to share this with those of you who did not know this. I emailed Karen at Hook1 today about the 10% discount and below is her response.

"Hi Ray,
 
We do offer all NCKA members a 10% discount.  This is also given for repeat customers.  I'll take the 10% off of your order - thanks.
 
Use this code for 10% off - Hook108
 
Thanks very much! Karen
Hook 1 Kayak Fishing Gear
www.kayakfishinggear.com
(949) 248-7608
(866) 486-8412"

I have placed several orders through Hook1 and Karen has been extremely helpful. Sorry if this is redundant.

Take Care,
Ray

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Got to Linda Mar around 9:30 AM on Sunday June 7th for an anticipated day of fun on the beach and in the ocean with the family. This included my folks, my brother, my niece, and my wife and kids. This was mine and my brothers first time in the ocean with the kayaks so we parked on the south side of the beach for an easy launch and landing. The conditions were perfect. We launched through the small surf and headed to the mouth of the cove to see what we could find and just get comfortable being in the ocean on the yaks.

We saw several good sized jelly fish floating on the surface. The swell was minimal and we were just paddling around just siked to be there. We headed back to the beach to practice landing. The wind had kicked up a little, so the waves were a little bigger (still small). I made it to the beach with no problem only to look to my left to see my brother flopping in the surf. Of course we laughed and harassed him a bit. Everyone asked if we saw the whales spouting off out there and of course we did not, so we jumped back in the kayaks and headed out again to see what we could find.

We could see them breaching in the distance and it was a great site. We paddled out for a closer look. I felt like a kid at Christmas who just got his first bike. I was so stoked and having such a great time. We had a whale breach about 30-50 yds to the right of us and it was amazing. We hung out for a bit and it must have circled us, because it ended up on our right side much closer. I was wondering what it would have looked like on the fish finder, a submarine?

We paddled back in after a bit and of course the waves were a bit bigger and breaking much more now. I positioned myself too close to shore and couldn't avoid a two footer ready to break behind me. It picked me up and started pitching me to the right side. I remembered reading an article where the kayak enthusiast mentioned leaning into the wave. This is what I did and I accelerated towards the beach continuing my path to the right. I was sure I was going to eat it, but I ended up popping up and over the wave...whoo hoo I made it. My brother is laughing at me until I mention to him he better look behind him. His eyes got big and I could see the oh sh@$ look on his face. He also leaned into the wave and came out unscathed. I practiced some more launching and landing as well as self rescue in about 10 ft of water. I was hoping to get some perch fishing in from the beach, but just couldn't pull myself away from the fun I was having out there.

I shot a video of the whale breaching. I am going to try to post. The camera I was using wasn't very good, but you can hear the excitement in my voice. I will need much more practice to even compete with all the Video Veterans here.

The madness only intensifies and I was not even fishing yet,
Ray



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